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Jack Reed: “How do we raise the wages and, therefore, the standard of living, of middle-income Americans?”

On the recordJanuary 8, 2009
How do we raise the wages and, therefore, the standard of living, of middle-income Americans?
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed discusses the challenge of improving wages for middle-income Americans and the role of unions.

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